Notion Reality The Innocent Eye Test was painted by Mark Tansey in 1981. It is an oil painting picture. It is being exhibited at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York. We can see in this painting, there is a cow standing and observing a picture of the other cows.…
Taylore Pawlak Hearsay In the case presented to the grand judge, on the murders of Samuel Believme, Joey Dorks and Johnny Wittballs, I believe there are some pieces of evidence that should not have been allowed in court. However there are some that were correctly in admitted into the trial. In this case, Johnny B Good was convicted of murdering the three men listed above. There is a large amount of evidence involved that was correctly used and some that wasn't.…
Eyewitness testimony is being able to choose the suspect out of a lineup or an array of photos. Sometimes the witnesses' testimony is not always accurate. When a witness falsely testifies they can send an innocent person to prison. An example of a case where the eyewitness testimony was incorrect was in the murder of 78-year-old Jack Sasson. The man who was convicted of the murder of Mr. Sasson was 18-year-old Kash Register.…
The Innocent Eye Test was an oil painting done by Mark Tansey in 1981 and is currently being exhibited at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York. In this painting, there is a cow standing and observing a picture of the other cows. While around a cow is a group of good looking men, they are all dressed in suits and wearing glasses. They are watching and recording the “real” cow’s reaction to revealing the “non-real” cows in painting. Why is it that the artist lets a cow observe the painting instead of humans?…
Mr. Replogle, I strongly agree with your point of view. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibited eyewitnesses from testifying to false identification due to faulty memory. In today’s society, a variety of different techniques can be utilized to identify criminals. It is sad to say that several problems have been encounter from eyewitness identification due to an unreliable perception of the events along with other factors. However, eyewitness testimony is a powerful component to obtaining a conviction in some cases.…
Moreen’s relationship with Morgan is not common for a mother and her son. She treats him like a mere object and considers him to be worthless as he “fetch[es] her fan”. Readers can also infer that Mrs. Moreen speaks harshly of him because Pemberton is able to note that a “boy of eleven shouldn’t catch” the things she says. Nevertheless, she still has the caring heart of a parent and the reader can assume that she chose Pemberton because he was the most intelligent and wants the finest tutor for son, who must be dealing with a medical condition. Assuring Pemberton that his wage will be “quite regular”, he is able to understand that the definition of “regular” varies between…
Eyewitness testimony that is done in the court allows the jury to hear the account of a crime from those not involved. Nevertheless, in court the eyewitness can recall everything they saw or witnessed. The way the eyewitness recalls their memory is the basis for the witness credibility influencing jury decisions. Also, when there is no DNA evidence, the eyewitness account is considered as compelling which allows evidence to be deemed as true. Inevitably, this is true when testimony is obtained directly after the incident or crime.…
Instead, the witness must reconstruct the event from memory, which allows the possibility of inaccuracy, even without law enforcement involvement. Despite evidence of flawed traditional eyewitness identifications, eyewitnesses are still used regularly for law enforcement as thousands of suspects are targeted each year based on eyewitness reports. As the U.S. Supreme Court has noted, "There is almost nothing more convincing than a live human being who takes the stand, points a finger at the defendant and says, 'That's the…
Eyewitness evidence is key in policing all the way from early ages to modern days. Discussed below will demonstrate the two different types of evidence and how they correlate. There are many challenges that come along with eyewitness evidence in the courtroom. Needed to be recognized is the most effective methods of gathering this evidence as if it were physical which will be referenced in the body of this paper. The more effective that police can make gathering this evidence, the more accurate offenders will be put in jail.…
The Angry Eye Watching the selection of videos for this assignment, it was imperative for me to express my opinions on the Jane Elliot Blue Eye experiment. The blue eyed participants were chosen and exposed to what it was like to be discriminated against. People of color are subjected to racism everyday of their life, but the racism and bias behavior can be transformed.…
When a conviction depends completely on whether or not an eyewitness can select the correct suspect and not one of the foils, known non-suspects, out of a lineup is where many cases of wrongful convictions can begin. For example, in many cases it appears juries believe a witness who can correctly identify a defendant from lineups, even when other sources of evidence are contradictory to their statements (“Eyewitness Identification” 1); therefore, proposing a possibility of bias towards one piece of evidence while ignoring all opposing information from others. However, some may say that eyewitness testimony is the only way to correctly identify the accused suspect. Although in some cases that statement may be true when no other form of evidence is present, for so many others, the eyewitness identification can lead to a lapse in judgement by the jury who may very easily dismiss other pieces of evidence that are available to them; therefore, an individual who unfortunately matches the description of the guilty party may be imprisoned for a crime they did not commit.…
In conclusion, both an eyewitness and the reasonable person provide standards in the court of law that are used in determining whether to convict a suspect, as demonstrated by the eyewitness in the State v. Hendersen (2011) case. Unfortunately, both standards are based upon subjective perception. For example, human error in memory processing may decrease the accuracy in an eyewitness testimony. Research should be done on individual interpretation as it relates to an eyewitness or the reasonable person in order to prevent any wrongful…
This is also fairly common for a false memory and it's just as weird as my previous example! Anyways getting back to the point here, memories of actual events can be unconsciously altered because of the person's feelings and the amount of time that has passed. Just like my previous example of a false memory, I'm guilty of this one…
In this essay, I will be talking about what I believe to be true from what Jesus tells us in the Bible, about being the Son of God and how He was here to die on the cross for our sins, showing everyone who He was and who ever believe in Him is save, or healed if they were sick. In this paper, I will be talking about the trustworthiness and historicity of the Gospels. The historical reliability of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ miracles, and did Jesus claim to be God. Did his disciples believe he was God? The accuracy of the resurrection accounts in the Gospels, that is, did Jesus rise bodily from the dead?…
In a study done by Steven D. Penrod and Brian L. Cutler, eyewitness identification was tested to find the most reliable effects on eyewitness performance. The studies that they performed indicated that jurors ' evaluations of identification evidence are heavily influenced by the confidence of the eyewitness. Unfortunately, in this case and in many other cases, the confidence of the eyewitness did not matter because he still identified the wrong man. The correlation between confidence and accurate eyewitness identification is weak (Penrod & Cutler, 1989). Because the victim’s husband was so confident in his identification, the cops did not feel obligated to find all of the evidence that they needed to prosecute Brenton.…